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Coil - Live at Megalithomania - Conway Hall, London, UK (2002-10-12) [AUD #1, Source Upgrade: M2, WAV]

Topics: coil, live, megalithomania, october, 2002, aud, source upgrade, conway hall, london, uk, drip drop, the universe is a haunted house, john balance, peter christopherson, thighpaulsandra, simon norris, ossian brown, pierce wyss, massimo villani
Item Size: 679.4M

Coil

Live at Megalithomania

Conway Hall, London, UK

October 12, 2002

Feeling: Reflective

AUD #1 - Source Upgrade: M2, WAV

Lineage: Mini-Disc (M0) > Straight copy of Mini-Disc (M1) > Audacity, WAV > CDr (M2) > WAV. Thank you for sharing, Pete Greening!

Announcer Intro

1. Drip Drop

John Balance.

Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson.

Thighpaulsandra.

Simon Norris (Ossian Brown).

Massimo Villani – Pasolini poem on “Ostia,” performer.

Pierce Wyss – performer.

Exclusive gig; debut performance of “Drip Drop” The song often circulates under the title “The Universe is a Haunted House,” but to avoid confusion with the song from the 2000-06-17 Sonar Festival gig, the fact that the song uses raindrop sound effects, and the fact that the backing projection of the song represents water drops falling and rippling, the song will be called “Drip Drop” in this listing. This version is significantly longer than all other versions; said shorter versions would replace “Lake View” in the tour’s typical set from this point on.

This was the first gig where Pierce and Massimo wore their full-body black fabric suits. I’m not sure if they took them off at any point during this gig, as they normally. The designs were conceived by John and Ossian and images of them were later used on the cover of Live Four. Part of the choreography from this point on had Thighpaulsandra and Ossian lead the pair onto the stage during “I Am Angie Bowie (Sine Waves)”, then take of the bottom and top halves of their costumes respectively off at the start of the third and fourth songs, resulting in total reliance on the backing audio track and John’s vocals for the first minute or so of each song.

John and Peter were apparently very distant during the gig. They broke their romantic relationship up a few days/weeks later. John’s behavior was more trance-like and intense than normal; at one point, he tore apart a stuffed animal rabbit (perhaps a premonition of his lyrics to “Unhappy Rabbits”).

Despite Brainwashed saying otherwise, Danny Hyde says he did not in fact do the sound for this gig. The only time he did was 2002-04-27 Barbican.

Before the gig, the announcer says, “Ladies and gentlemen, excuse me, immense pleasure to introduce the audio-equivalent of the monolith from 2001: Coil.” The audience erupts into applause and immediately the rain sound effects begin.

LCA posting: http://live-coil-archive.com/2002-sept-oct/2002-megalithomania/

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